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require 'chilkat'

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

http.put_BasicAuth(true)
http.put_Login("{{webservice_key}}")
http.put_Password("password")

# Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: Generate Code to Create XML

# The following XML is sent in the request body.

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <prestashop xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
#     <category>
#         <name>
#             <language id="1"><![CDATA[Category demo]]></language>
#         </name>
#         <link_rewrite>
#             <language id="1"><![CDATA[category-demo]]></language>
#         </link_rewrite>
#         <description>
#             <language id="1"><![CDATA[my awesome category description]]></language>
#         </description>
#         <active>1</active>
#         <id_parent>1</id_parent>
#     </category>
# </prestashop>
# 

xml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()
xml.put_Tag("prestashop")
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xlink","http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("category|name|language",true,"id","1")
xml.UpdateChildContent("category|name|language","Category demo")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("category|link_rewrite|language",true,"id","1")
xml.UpdateChildContent("category|link_rewrite|language","category-demo")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("category|description|language",true,"id","1")
xml.UpdateChildContent("category|description|language","my awesome category description")
xml.UpdateChildContentInt("category|active",1)
xml.UpdateChildContentInt("category|id_parent",1)

sbRequestBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
xml.GetXmlSb(sbRequestBody)

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PTextSb("POST","https://localhost:8080/api/categories",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/xml",false,false)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
print resp.bodyStr() + "\n";

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-u '{{webservice_key}}:password'
	-d '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<prestashop xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<category>
    <name>
        <language id="1"><![CDATA[Category demo]]></language>
    </name>
    <link_rewrite>
        <language id="1"><![CDATA[category-demo]]></language>
    </link_rewrite>
    <description>
        <language id="1"><![CDATA[my awesome category description]]></language>
    </description>
    <active>1</active>
    <id_parent>1</id_parent>
</category>
</prestashop>'
https://localhost:8080/api/categories

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "3 - Create category",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<prestashop xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">\n<category>\n    <name>\n        <language id=\"1\"><![CDATA[Category demo]]></language>\n    </name>\n    <link_rewrite>\n        <language id=\"1\"><![CDATA[category-demo]]></language>\n    </link_rewrite>\n    <description>\n        <language id=\"1\"><![CDATA[my awesome category description]]></language>\n    </description>\n    <active>1</active>\n    <id_parent>1</id_parent>\n</category>\n</prestashop>",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "xml"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{webservice_url}}/api/categories",
      "host": [
        "{{webservice_url}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "categories"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}